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NCAA 2011 is more than your average console game

Tim Tebow on NCAA 2011.Whether you’re one of the die-hards that buys each new iteration of the NCAA football franchise or a newbie to the series looking to coach a team to greatness, NCAA 2011 will bring unprecedented levels of access to game content when you’re away from your console.

The most notable feature is Dynasty Mode, which gives players a chance to create and manage their own dynasty from a variety of mobile devices. From IGN:

What that means for you, the user, is that they’re designing custom interfaces for your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that allow you to do things like recruit and sign college-bound prospects as well as upload photos and videos to brag to other players if you happen to be playing in an Online Dynasty (or want to gloat to the CPU). You’ll also be able set your dynasty to public or private, so players can elect to give random gamers the ability to hop in their league if they want.

NCAA 2011 will be available for Xbox 360 and PS3 July 13.

Review – Green Day: Rock Band

Green Day: Rock Band.We’ve seen exclusive titles for classic bands like The Beatles, Aerosmith, and Metallica, and they all made sense. These are bands with huge and fanatic followings, bands that have all been a major part of rock and roll history.

And then there’s Green Day. Don’t get me wrong, I love Green Day. I grew up on Green Day. The first album I truly loved (and still listen to today) was 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. But is Green Day the kind of band that warrants an exclusive Rock Band title?

Jason at Bullz-Eye Main had a chance to play the game over the weekend and found that while the band’s history lends a solid background for the game, ultimately it will probably only be the hardcore fans that are begging for more from the rock trio’s list of tracks. Check out the full Green Day: Rock Band review at Bullz-Eye.com.

Reach: The Good, the Badass, and the Ugly


Most of the time this blog is dedicated to happenings in Riot Games’ League of Legends, but I do occasionally branch out and play other games. Halo is one such game, and I’m always excited by the announcement/experience in the latest the franchise can offer. I got to play a bit of the Reach beta, and there was a lot to like (finally, a needle rifle). There was a lot I didn’t like, too, but I can hold my judgements for a release version of the game.

For now, you can see some of Bungie’s thoughts on the beta in the video above. There are some great shots, and I love that they included an ugly section for all the things that just shouldn’t be happening. Hopefully those will all be fixed by September 14th, when Reach officially launches.

Halo:Reach gets the live action treatment

Skull spartan.More and more video games are turning to live action shorts to serve as commercials in the months leading up to release. Perhaps the most notable was the Halo:ODST trailer last year, but there were also shorts for Assassin’s Creed II, Alan Wake, and Ghost Recon:Future Soldier. We can now add another to the list for Bungie’s latest and last Halo project, Halo:Reach.

The Reach short will debut tomorrow night at 9PM PST. The short, which was directed by Noam Murro, details the story of Carter 259, the Spartan squad leader you’re sent to control for the title’s campaign. More specifically, you’ll get to see how Carter evolved from your average marine into a suited-up badass Covenant killing machine.

Keep an eye on Bungie.net for more updates.

Xbox 360 flash drives are still crazy expensive

Xbox 360 hard drive money.There was a lot of noise a few weeks back about the coming support for USB hard drives for the Xbox 360. It’s definitely great news, despite the artificial size limits, but it doesn’t mean Microsoft is ready to get out of the storage business. Quite the opposite, in fact. According to a few items listed at GameStop, Redmond is just getting started in the gaming storage business.

GameStop recently listed two different flash drives for use with the 360 – 8GB and 16GB. As is the case with most Microsoft storage, these drives are ridiculously expensive – $40 and $70, respectively. That’s basically double what you’d normally pay for a flash drive of those capacities.

Granted, there’s no official announcement from Microsoft for the peripherals, so this could be fabrication. I’m willing to bet it’s real, though. There’s nothing Microsoft loves quite like banking off over priced periphs.

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